While many of its Asian neighbours are striving to get smoking under control, Indonesia is the stubborn exception.

Tobacco leaves dry on a farm in Africa. Big tobacco companies exploit impoverished African farmers, particularly in Malawi. On World No Tobacco Day, it’s time to focus on the tactics of Big Tobacco in Africa.
(Shutterstock)May 29, 2018

The experience of Canada, which agreed to an ISDS clause in its North American Free Trade agreement, should give pause to Australia.

‘The people of the United Kingdom’ felt the tobacco industry’s record of addicting children and then killing one in two of those who don’t escape their clutches did matter.
Chad Kainz/FlickrAugust 30, 2015

Imagine you were about to buy a property and were advised that in two years time, a major freeway would be built two hundred metres away, greatly diminishing the value of your purchase. Then imagine you…